Sounds like you should be a professional scout or coach, with such talent spotting credentials.To be honest Rioch isn't going to say any different is he? Its his job to develop the youth players. I'm not sure we would see Bigi,Thomas or Christie in the team if we still had Gunnar and Clarke was fit. As for Jeffers he's not very good at all. Once played footy with him and a few of the lads. The one that stood out for me was Conor Grogan, and he's been released!
Sounds like you should be a professional scout or coach, with such talent spotting credentials.
To be honest Rioch isn't going to say any different is he? Its his job to develop the youth players. I'm not sure we would see Bigi,Thomas or Christie in the team if we still had Gunnar and Clarke was fit. As for Jeffers he's not very good at all. Once played footy with him and a few of the lads. The one that stood out for me was Conor Grogan, and he's been released!
Proof is in what he's done. Youth players are coming through, no matter what spin you put on it.
yeah that brilliant young team in the 80s went out of the cup inthe last minute down at west ham ,deemed it failure and moved one of our best managers upstairs Gordon Milne of course:facepalm:Don't knock the academy to much, thinking back we have produced some great player:
Graham Oakey - One the best full backs we've ever had till the Villa sand pit destroyed his knee
Mark Hateley - Went on the play for Rangers, can't remember which Italian side
Gary Thompson - Still visits the Ricoh great centre forward part of the team that lost the League Cup Semi to West 'Am
Danny Thomas - Went on to play for Spurs and England till injury finished his career
Alan Green - Scored loads of goals for us
Lloyd Mcgrath - FA Cup made the winning goal
Paul Dyson - Really decent centre half
Mick Ferguson - Perfect partner for striker supreme Ian Wallace who by the way is the best this club as ever had
Les Sealey - Crazy keeper, shame he is no longer with us, played for Man U
We could add the young players we have developed like Gary Gillespie, Ian Wallace, Phil Babb all sold on for huge profits
The list goes on, sure I have missed loads
yeah that brilliant young team in the 80s went out of the cup inthe last minute down at west ham ,deemed it failure and moved one of our best managers upstairs Gordon Milne of course:facepalm:
THAT was the first leg we won 3-2 after going 2-0 down .Thompson scored an own goal then bagged a brace in the second halfTo be honest we have had some brilliant games with West Ham...are you talking about the one which I think we edged 4-3....I was very young and sat...amazingly, with my Dad in the main stand, He won the tickets in a raffle at the Jag in Radford!!
Approx crowd of 33000 standing up what an atmosphere, canI remember the atmosphere more than the game....What a night:claping hands:
We will have nights like that again ...won't we???
PUSB
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